From the Cutting Room Floor: The Hunt for the One True Pisco

Photographer João Canziani documented Tom Downey’s boozy attempt to determine which country can claim pisco as its own: Chile or Peru. Who’s right? Find out here.

CHILE

The cellar at Destilería Fundo Los Nichos in Chile.

“Though just a two-and-a-half hour drive from Santiago, Valparaiso is foggy and forgotten, a place to seek out when you want to escape the world as you know it.” – Tom Downey. The place to do just that? Bar Cinzano, pictured.

Plaza de Armas, the heart of Santiago.

Cafe Haiti in Santiago, a more tame version of Chile’s “coffee with legs” trend.

Hunker down for pisco sours and hearty Chilean food at Ciro’s in Santiago.